Sainz-Gasly quarrel during the TV interview after the Silverstone GP – Corriere.it

Electric weekend, at Silverstone, for Carlos Sainz. During qualifying, the question and answer, via radio, with Leclerc. After the race, an exchange of fire with Pierre Gasly. Sainz, who finished tenth, is speaking to the TV microphones when Gasly passes behind him. He pats his left arm with his hand, points his index finger at him and says: “Don’t push me out like that, Carlos”, in what almost seems like a warning, captured by the cameras. Sainz notices it, starts to turn around then smiles and replies: “He’s a poor guy”sarcastically. What happened on the track between them?

During the race the Safety Car enters: when Sainz returns he is overtaken in rapid succession by Perez, Albon and Leclerc, passing from seventh to tenth position. Gasly also tries to overtake the Spaniard, who keeps him behind by widening his trajectory a little. A maneuver that the French — then forced to retire due to a problem with his Alpine — he doesn’t like. And he does not fail to point this out to his colleague.

The squabble with the Ferrari wall instead took place during qualifying. In Q1 Sainz comes out of the pits before Leclerc, when there are 3’11” left to go and the risk of staying out of Q1 is high. However, the wall asks him to let his teammate pass: «It’s unfair that you ask me, so I’ll sacrifice the temperature of my tyres. Also, I’m fourth and he’s third, so I’m more at risk.” Leclerc overtakes Sainz, who passes him back when Charles is about to start the flying lap: «Nice thing about Carlos, good overtaking at the last corner!», the comment of the Monegasque. Just the beginning of a fiery weekend.